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E. s. DAWSON an A. WEEKS. OMNIBUS REGISTER. No. 31,788.

Patented Mar. 26, 1861.

UN 1TB@ E. S. DAVSOX AND A. WEEKS, GF SlBLCUSE, NEXT YORK.

OlVNBUS-BEGSTER..

Specification of Letters Patent No. 31,788, dated March 26, 1861.

Y T o all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, E. S. Dawson and llvnnks, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Omnibus Register; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to t-he accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective. view of the mechanism forming our improved omnibus register. Fig. 2 is a front view of the mechanism seen on removing the front of the box containing` it. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section through the registering apparatus as indicated by the red line y, y, in Fig. et. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through Fig. 3, in the vertical plane indicated by the red line e, e', in Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

rlhis invention relates to an improvement in registers for city cars, omnibuses tzc., for registering the number of passengers entering the same.

The object of this invention is to furnish city cars, omnibuses ctc., with a registering apparatus which is placed under the control of the driver or conductor, who is instructed to register the entrance of each passenger, said register is to be provided with an alarm which will serve as a tell-tale to the passengers in the conveyance, and it is also to be placed in a prominent situa tion where it can be seen and read by the. passengers.

Our invention consists in a novel combination of wheels or cylinders and counter wheels each possessing a certain numerical value, with certain pawls and ratchets which are arranged on a rocking frame operated by a lever to which the drivers strap is connected, as will be hereinafter described. Said wheels, ratchets and pawls being' arranged within a suitable box with a glass window in front exhibiting the numbers on the wheels, all as will be herein fully explained.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A. is an iron plate from the ends of which project out, perpendicularly to the face of this plate, two standard supports (L, a; and

between these two standards d, c, is another standard 7).

B. a fixed shaft on which the drums or wheels C. and l). have their bearings. This shaft B. has its end bearings in the standards a and Zr. and the set screws c, c, secure this shaft rigidly to the said standards.

E. is a short shaft which serves as a bearing for the wheel G. rhis shaft E. has its end bearings in the two standards 7), and a, and as standard a, is a little in advance of the standard Zr. the axes of the two shafts B. E. are not in a straight line, but the shaft FJ. forms an obtuse angle with shaft B. This shaft l. is also stationary while the wheel G. turns on it.

rEhe drum consists of a ratchet wheel e, which projects from one end, an elevated surface and a represse(V surface g. The drum l). consists of an annular ange or ring 72., a ratchet wheel fe', and a cylindrical portion is, which latter portion passes over the portion of drum C. as represented in Fig. of the drawings. fr portion of the cylinder' of drum l). is cut out as represented in Fig. the object of which will be hereinafter explained.

The wheel "n is of the form of the frustum of a cone, and this wheel has a ratchet wheel Z, projecting from one end as shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3, of the drawings. The Haring edge of this wheel G. touches the drum D. in front, but on account of its ob liquityv to the axis of the sha'ft B. there is a space left between the Haring edge of this wheel G. and the edge of wheel D. at the back sufficient to allow three pawls to work between the wheel and drum as represented in F ig. l of the drawings.

rhe peripheries of the two drums C. D. and that of the wheel G. have numbers painted or engraved on them which will be hereinafter described; and these numbers are brought opposite each other at a point behind the window j, which is represented in Fig. l, so as to indicate units, tens, and hundreds by a novel arrangement of pawls or detents operating alternately and in regular succession upon the drums C. D. and wheel G. at proper intervals as will be herein described.

H. is a right angular rocking frame the Vtwo arms of which are pivoted at n, yn, to

the standards a', a', Figs. l and 2. From llO the end of one of the arms of frame H. proceeds up a lever I. with a ring or eye on its upper end.

J is a coiled spring which holds lever I. back and keeps the frame H. in the position representedv in Figs. l, 2, 3 and 4, of the drawings, when the lever is not otherwise acted upon.

The back part or longitudinal bar of frame H. 'carries a number of spring pawls which engage with their respective ratchet wheels at proper times and give motion to the drums G. D. and wheel G. when the lever J. is drawn forward and the frame H. is rocked upon its pivots.

The drums C. D. and wheel G. are prevented from rotating backward by friction springs p, p, 29, which are secured to the bed and press against the peripheries of their respective drums and wheel.

The wheel G. is operated by a pawl r, which is pivoted to a pawl bar r, and acted upon by a spring r2. This pawl r engages with the teeth Z, on wheel G. and gives the wheel G. a turn equal to the length of the ratchet teeth. On the inside 0f wheel G. is a circular plate K. having a notch cut into its edge as represented in Figs. l and 3 of the drawings, and on the edge of this plate K. rests the end of an arm s, which is fixed to the pawl bar r. This arm s, is h-eld against the edge of plate K. by the spring 3; s2 is a pawl which is also fixed to the bar r, and which is intended to engage with the ratchet teeth of drum D. and rotate this drum the distance of one tooth at each revolution of the wheel G. To effect this result the end of arm s, drops into the notch in plate K. at each revolution of wheel G. and thus depresses the end of pawl revolution before the pawl s2, is againbrought into action. The drum C. is operated by a pawl Z, acted upon by spring t, which pawl engages with the teeth of ratchet e, at a proper time viz: when the drum D. has made one revolution.

Pawl t, is operated so as to engage with, and rotate, the drum C. the distance of one tooth at each revolution of the drum D. by a hooked arm a, the end of which is held against the ring or flange of the drum D. by the spring t, and at each revolution of drum-D. the hooked end of arm 0, drops into a notch in ring or flange Zz and thus brings the end of pawl t, against one of the teeth of ratchet e so that when the frame H. is raised by lever J. the pawll t, will rotate the druin C. the distance of one tooth, as above described.

l Zhen pawl t, drops and is in a position to operate upon its ratchet teeth, the pawl s2,

and also pawl 1', are in a position to operate upon their respective ratehets, and the two drums C. D. and wheel G. are moved simultaneously. Vhen the frame H. is now depressed the arm s, is moved out of its notch in plate K. and the pawl 82, is also raised and disengaged from its ratchet.

it the same time that the pawl S2, is raised a short arm w, which projects from this pawl raises and disengages the arm fu, and pawl t, from their respective drums, by raising the arm e', out of its notch in fiange ZL, on the surface of this liange again where it remains until the wheel D. makes another revolution.

It will now be seen from the Jforegoing description that when wheel G. makes one revolution, drum D. is moved the distance of one ratchet tooth, and when drum D. has made one revolution the drum C. is turned the distance of one ratchet tooth.

The above described mechanism is all arranged within a suitable boX N. having a window y', in front and this box is secured in a prominent situation in the omnibus or car, and a strapwhich connects with lever I.-is carried off to a place where it can be conveniently operated by the driver, or the conductor. In the top of boX N. a small bell may be arranged which will be operated by an arm resting on the ratchet teeth Z, of wheel G. so that at every movement of this wheel G. an alarm will be sounded, which will notify the passengers in the conveyance that the driver has attended to his duty of registering each passenger entering the conveyance. This alarm bell will be more especially useful at night when the passengers would not be apt to notice the registering figures.

The operation of our improved registering apparatus is as follows: Let it be supposed that the registering apparatus is in a position to be seen by all the passengers in the car, or omnibus, and that a strap which is attached to lever I. is carried off so as to be convenient for the driver to pull it. The drums and wheels are all arranged at the starting so as to indicate cipher, as represented in Fig. 2. The first passenger who enters the conveyance is registered by the driver, who pulls the strap connected to lever I. This lever raises the frame H. and causes the pawl fr, to rotate the wheel G. the distance of one ratchet tooth Z, and bring the number one behind the window j. There are ten ratchet teeth Z, on this wheel G. and ten numbers corresponding to the teeth; and when ten passengers have entered the conveyance,-the driver pulling the strap once for each passenger,-tl1e wheel G. will have made one revolution and the drum D. will be moved once by the pawl s2, thus bringing the number one on drum D. opposite or at the left of the cipher on Wheel G., reading ten. Alt the next revolution of Wheel Gr. the arm s, Will fall into the notch in plate K. and cause the paWl s2, to move drum D. the distance of another tooth causing it to register With the cipher on Wheel,I G. number twenty, and so on until the drum D. has made one revolution, When the arm o, Will drop into the notch in ilange 7L, of drum D. and cause the paWl t, to act upon drum C. at the nextl movement of the lever I. This druin C. together with drum D. and Wheel G. Will now indicate one hundred. Thus it will be seen that at every revolution i of Wheel Gr. the drum D. will be moved one tenth of a revolution, and at every revolution of drum D. the drum C. Will be moved one tenth of a revolution. The Wheel G. i registers units, the drum D. tens and the drum C. hundreds. The depressed surface g, of the drum C. contains ten ciphers one i ters Patent is- The arrangement of vibrating' frame H. with ratchets fr, s2, and t, and arms s, e, and w, friction springs 29, j), p, in combination with drums C. and D. Wheel G. all constructed and operating to produce a numerical series by revolving Wheels substantially as and for the purposes herein specilied.

E. S. DAVSON. ARNEL VEEKS. Yitnesses Hon-ion VHEUTON, E. RoBBINs, Jr. 

